timkb4cq wrote:The easiest way to get LibreOffice 6 in MX-17 is to use the MX Package Installer.Start -> MX-Tools -> Package Installer -> Full App Catalog (tab) -> Debian Backports RepoSelect libreoffice and libroffice-base and click Install.Yes, it will automatically remove the older version as it installs.

I just performed as proposed above and the installation is a success; I have LibreOffice 6 without traces of LibreOffice 5.4

Update: I eventually managed to fix this by doing a full removal of the LibreOffice suite and then re-installing. This morning's "apt upgrade" borked the whole suite. I don't think it is a good idea to do a big version bump of a major application like LibreOffice in the main repo. One of the reasons I use MX is because it's based on Debian Stable and is less likely to change or introduce surprises like this.

Upgraded the following packages:fonts-opensymbol (2:102.10+LibO5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 2:102.10+LibO6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-base (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-base-core (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-base-drivers (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-calc (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-common (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-core (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-draw (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-gtk2 (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-help-en-us (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-impress (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-java-common (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-math (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-pdfimport (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-report-builder-bin (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-style-galaxy (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1libreoffice-writer (1:5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 1:6.0.1-1~bpo9+1uno-libs3 (5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 6.0.1-1~bpo9+1ure (5.4.1-1~bpo9+1) to 6.0.1-1~bpo9+1

Update: I eventually managed to fix this by doing a full removal of the LibreOffice suite and then re-installing. This morning's "apt upgrade" borked the whole suite. I don't think it is a good idea to do a big version bump of a major application like LibreOffice in the main repo. One of the reasons I use MX is because it's based on Debian Stable and is less likely to change or introduce surprises like this.

note that apt upgrade allows installation of packages when apt-get upgrade would hold them back. consulting the man pages indicates that apt-get upgrade is in fact not equivalent to apt upgrade. So I suspect some conflict set in.

investigating now. note that an apt-get dist-upgrade or a apt full-upgrade likely would have worked, but I haven't tested that as yet.